We are excited to launch a new initiative that expands our work in transportation electrification. With support from the Energy Foundation and the guidance of an esteemed Advisory Committee, Gridworks is embarking on a project to advance high road labor standards in transportation electrification. This transportation electrification project began with a broad objective: to identify […]
We are always pleased to celebrate the achievements of our partners and there is much to celebrate about the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission’s progress on reforming rate design and utility regulation. In December, the Hawaii PUC filed Gridworks’ Advanced Rate Design Working Group Report, which synthesizes the outcomes of a three-month working group process aimed […]
Today Gridworks presents “Gas Resource and Infrastructure Planning for California,” our next step in leading California’s gas transition. This report provides industry leaders a how-to manual on planning for a more just and equitable system for customers, workers, and gas companies. The Gas Resource and Infrastructure Plan (GRIP) is a five-step process to assess the […]
Friends, Happy New Year from Gridworks! We begin the year with a renewed focus on our mission: to convene, educate, and empower stakeholders working to build a healthier and more equitable, sustainable and affordable future for all through decarbonization. As we bid good riddance to 2020, we want to share some of our accomplishments from the year […]
This month Gridworks was pleased to welcome Aimee Barnes to our Board of Directors. Aimee brings over 15 years’ experience in climate, energy, and sustainability, spanning the state, federal and international levels, and the public, private, and non-profit sectors. She currently leads her own consulting practice, Hua Nani Partners, and serves as a senior advisor […]
Gridworks is leading an initiative to help California Resource Adequacy market leaders address the troubled Resource Adequacy program. Our discussions are focusing on: Identifying current and future challenges for the heart of the program: maintaining a reliable balance of energy supply and demand How to evaluate the merits of different approaches, and Building consensus around […]
In August a record-setting heat wave spanned the western United States causing enough stress on California’s grid to trigger blackouts. Since the outages, there has been a frenzy of finger pointing and fact-checking jockeying to answer “how could this have happened?” Gridworks Senior Fellows Arthur Haubenstock and Mike Florio, with a combined 50 years of experience in California energy markets, have put […]
By Gridworks Senior Fellows Arthur Haubenstock and Mike Florio In August a record-setting heat wave spanned the western United States causing enough stress on California’s grid to trigger blackouts. The circumstances leading to these events have been widely reported, including: a handful of gas-fired power plants that unexpectedly went off-line; extreme heat across the […]
To realize its vision of a carbon-neutral economy, California has set a target of 5 million zero-emission vehicles on the road and 250,000 charging ports in service by 2030. This ambitious target creates an enormous opportunity at the intersection of transportation and the power sector: transportation charged by reliable renewable energy. This year Gridworks catalyzed that opportunity with […]
This month Gridworks began facilitating the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission’s Working Group on Advanced Rate Design in support of distributed energy resources. The Working Group will support the development of advanced rate design proposals for consideration by the Commission as a part of its policy-making for Distributed Energy Resources. Participating parties will share data and information, […]
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